Automatically-folding seat.



F. W. RASM USSEN.

AUTOMATICALLY FOLDING SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. m4.

1,11,7Q4. Patented June 1, 1915.

fiW/Tnsmussaw KG i w r FREDERICK WILLIAM RASHUSSEN, F PAHIATU 'A, NEW ZEALAND.

AUTOMATIGALLY-FOIJJING SEAT.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed .I'uly 28, min. Serial in. 853,611.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that" I, Fnnonmox Wmmnm Rasmussen, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Pahiatua, New Zealand, have invented a new and useful Improved Automatically-Folding Seat; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,

and exact description of the same.

I This invention'has been designed in order to provide a folding seat for use inmilking sheds or other places that, when not in use,

.will automatically fold up alongside a wall or other structure so as to be out of the ,Way and at the same time be convenientfor which .use. When used in milking sheds (for the seat has been particularly designed) the seat will take the placeof the ordinary milking stool and will be free from the objections surrounding the use of the stools owing to their liability to be dirtied while in the byre and the necessity of handling them to remove them or place them in position.

The seat is formed by a back portion and a seat portion the latter of which 1s at its inner end, hinged to'lthe lower end of the back in such a manner as to permit of it turning out at right angles thereto,'or of folding in against. it. The seat is suspended from a horizontal-bar by means of'a'metal frame consistingof a pair of loops arranged on the bar, 0116 on each side of the seat, and a "stirrup connection that extends down to and across beneath the seat portion through bearings thereon. It is also formed with a rearwardly extending guide that passes across behind the back and loosel holds the back between itself and the bar. his frame is so disposed that when the seat is left free, the weight of the seat-will cause its back to drop and the seat portion to turn up against the back and thereby keep the seat in the folded condition.

"- In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the seat in the position for use. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the seat'in the normal- 1 oollap'sed or folded condition. Fig. 4 shows an"'alternative construction. l

A is the back portion and B the seat portionl both of which are made of the necessary size and sha e and which are hinged together, as at so as to be capable of fold- 111g up against one another as shown in Fig.

single length of 1i "form the stirrup may,

, 3 or of opening out at right angles as shown in Fig. 2.

C are the loops of the supporting frame, such frame being made by the bending of a ht round iron bar, first to passing beneath the seat portion B and up on each side thereof, then the loops C, and then the guide frame E encircling the back A of the seat, as clearly shown by the drawings. When the seat is placed against a wall or other fixture, this guide frame will not be required, the back O are made large enough to fit loosely over the bar F which is arranged horizontally .along the side of the byre, or wall or other fixture, being carried at its ends by suitable brackets G. This bar therefore serves to support the seat and it is preferably made of su cient length to allow of the seat being moved to and fro along it and thereby adjusted in its position. A number of seats if desired, be supported upon the same bar, in cases where a row of seats is desired, 6. g. the back row of seats in manner will therefore cause the weight ,thereof to move the back'A down through the guide E and the seat B to fold up on to its front owing to the stirrup D. When the seat is to be occupied, the seat portion B is turned out and down which causes the back A to slide up through the guide E. The seat B is then prevented from turning down below the right angled position by the engagement of the overlap on the seat portion with the bottom end of the back and by the engagement of the stop A formed on the back with the underside of the bar F. Thisstop may be made in any suitable manner,

'in the drawings it is formed by the shoulder made by decreasing the thickness of the upper ortion of the back. When theseat is eed from the weight of the person sit arranged at a suitable a public hall, or a row of seats in a dining room. The suspension of the seat upon the bar in this ting thereon, it Will automatically resume its normal folded position.

What I do claim as my invention, and de- 1 tion hinged to its lower end and a suspend ing frame consisting of a horizontal bar, loops encircling the bar one on each side. of

the seat back and a stirrup connection with the loops underlying and pivoted to the seat portion, substantially as specified.

2. An automatically folding seat comprised by a back portion having a seat portion hinged to its lower end so as to fold thereon and a suspending Frame consisting of a horizontal bar loops encircling the bar, one on each side of the seat back, a stirrup connection with the loops underlying; and pivoted to the scat portion and a guide conmagma seat and a stirrup underlying and pivoted to the seat portion and extending upward on both sides and loosely encircling such horizontal bar, and a stop projecting: forwardly from the back portion and underlying the horizontal bar, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK WILLIAM RASMUSSJN.

Wi tncsses TV. .LLLEXANDER,

M. E. Bnovn. 

